To understand Star Wars, you must first understand
the force. The force is an energy field that surrounds everything in the universe.
Certain people have the ability to harness this power. There are 2 sides of
the force, a light side, and a dark side. To tap into the light side of the
force one must be calm and passive, and use it only for defense and knowledge.
To tap into the dark side of the force one must be aggressive and hateful. The
dark side of the force is generally used for attack, destruction, and manipulation.
The light side force users are called Jedi. The dark side force users are called
Sith. An experienced force user can control the thoughts of the weak minded,
telekinetically move objects, see the future, and shoot energy beams from their
body.

At the start of "A New Hope" there
is an evil empire headed by an evil Sith lord. His second in command is a Sith
called Darth Vader. They command a massive imperial army of stormtroopers. They
have recently completed the construction of a weapon called the Death Star.
The Death Star is a giant space station that resembles a small moon. It has
the ability to destroy a planet. Before the completion of the Death Star, there
was a galactic senate. This was the main governing body of the galaxy. The Death
Star gave the emperor enough control to be able to dissolve the senate and run
the galaxy as a dictatorship.

At the same time a rebel alliance has formed
under the leadership of princess Leah Organa of the planet Alderan. During a
battle, the rebels obtained the technical plans to the Death Star. They were
transporting these plans to their secret base when Darth Vader intercepted them.
Princess Leah quickly hid the plans with 2 droids (robots) C-3P0 and R2-D2.
She tells R2-D2 to take the information to Obi Wan Kenobi. The 2 droids take
an escape pod to the nearest planet, Tatooine. Vader kills everyone on the ship
and takes Princess Leah back to the Death Star for questioning

Tatooine was a dessert planet at the outer rim
of the galaxy. The 2 droids found themselves in the middle of nowhere. They
were captured and eventually sold to Owen Lars. Owen Lars was a moisture farmer.
He lived with his wife Beru and his nephew Luke Skywalker. While cleaning the
droids Luke discovers the message to Obi Wan Kenobi. The only Kenobi he knows
of is an old hermit by the name of Ben Kenobi. Luke and the droids find Ben
Kenobi on Tatooine. It turns out that Ben and Obi Wan are the same person. Obi
Wan Kenobi was a great Jedi Master who knew Luke's father Anakin before his
former student, Darth Vader, killed him. Darth Vader killed all the Jedi making
Obi Wan one of the few remaining Jedi. Princess Leah's message requests that
Obi Wan take the droids to her home planet Alderan where the Death Star plans
may be analyzed for a weakness. As this is happening a group of stormtroopers
search Tatooine for the missing droids. They are led to the home of Owen and
Beru, where they murder the couple. Luke discovers this and decides to join
Obi Wan in his mission and learn the ways of the force. Luke, Obi Wan, and the
droids meet up with 2 smugglers, Han Solo and Chewbacca (a wookie who looks
a bit like big foot). The group escapes the Stormtroopers on Tatooine and heads
for Alderan.

Darth Vader was finding princess Leah to be
uncooperative. In order to find the location of the hidden rebel base, he threatened
to destroy her home planet Alderan. She eventually told Vader that the base
was on planet Dantoine, Vader destroyed Alderan anyway.

When Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon,
reaches Alderan, they find nothing except for the remains of the planet. They
are quickly led to the Death Star where their ship is captured. They avoid being
found by hiding in the ships smuggling compartments. The group then split up
with different tasks. The droids find a place to hide, Luke, Han and Chewbacca
(Chewie) go to rescue the princess, and Obi Wan finds a way to disable the tractor
beam that is holding their ship. In order to allow Luke, Leah, Han, Chewie,
and the droids to safely escape, Obi Wan engages Darth Vader in a lightsaber
duel. As soon as they are able to escape, Obi Wan forfeits the duel and vanishes
into thin air as he is struck down by Vader. At this point Obi Wan becomes one
with the force and is able to guide Luke from the afterlife.

The group escapes with a tracking device hidden
in their ship. Vader knows exactly where they're going. They flee to planet
Yavin, where the rebel base is located and they find a weakness to the Death
Star. Han Solo takes his fee and leaves the group to pay off a lone shark on
Tatooine called Jabba the Hutt. Small one-man fighters attack the massive Death
Star at close range. Among these fighters is Luke. In order to destroy the Death
Star a torpedo must be fired into a small exhaust port to trigger a chain reaction.
As Luke is taking his attack run, Darth Vader, now flying a small ship attacks
Luke from behind. Just as it would seem that Luke is doomed, Han Solo comes
back for a surprise attack and disables Vader's ship. Luke's attack is successful
and he destroys the Death Star.

Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back

Vader is now obsessed with finding Luke Skywalker.
He eventually finds the new rebel base on the ice planet of Hoth. The battle
of Hoth begins, where the empire forces the rebels to quickly flea Hoth. Tensions
arise between Leah and Han. Han is a mercenary and Leah is a rebel with a cause.
The two are obviously attracted to each other, but can't stand each other at
the same time. During the rebel retreat, Han becomes Leah's only way off of
Hoth. While being chased by the imperial army, they realize that the light speed
on the Millennium Falcon is disabled and they find a hiding spot in an asteroid
field.

Obi Wan comes to Luke in a vision and instructs
him to go to planet Degobah to study with Jedi Master Yoda. Degobah is a swamp
planet with many creatures. Much to Luke's irritation, a small and annoying
green creature with large pointy ears tags along, and insists that he knows
how to find Yoda. After much aggravation and procrastination, Luke lashes out
at the creature and demands to see Yoda now. Luke becomes very embarrassed when
he finds out that this little creature is Yoda, and he was being tested all
along. Yoda begins training Luke in the ways of the force.

Unable to repair his hyperdrive, Han Solo starts
a direct attack against a massive imperial ship. As he attacks he quickly attaches
himself to hull of the ship, becoming undetectable to the ships sensors. As
far as Vader is concerned, the ship went into light speed at the last second
and is now light years away. A very frustrated Darth Vader hires the help of
Bounty Hunters to track down the Millennium Falcon. As Vader's ship dumps their
garbage, the Millennium Falcon floats away without being detected by Vader's
ship. One of the bounty hunters anticipated this tactic and follows the group
to a planet called Bespin. The bounty hunter was called Boba Fett. Aside from
being commissioned by Darth Vader, he was also commissioned by Jabba the Hutt,
who put a large price on Han Solo's head. Han Solo owes Jabba a lot of money
and hasn't had a chance to pay him back yet.

In Bespin there is a city in the clouds run
by an old friend of Han's, Lando Calrissian. Lando agrees to hide Han's group
for the time being. Unbeknownst to Han, Boba Fett led Darth Vader to the cloud
city before Han arrived. Darth Vader captured the group as bait for Luke.

As Yoda teaches Luke to develop his force skills,
he sees his first vision of his friends in pain in the cloud city. Against Yoda's
wishes, Luke goes to Bespin to save his friends.

Vader's plan is to freeze Luke in carbonite
and bring him before his emperor. Vader tests the carbon freezing facility on
Han. Once Han is frozen he allows Boba Fett to take him to Jabba the Hutt. Vader
also decides to take Leah and Chewie into his custody.

Luke arrives on Bespin and is led to Darth Vader
in the carbon chamber. Luke narrowly escapes being frozen and begins a lightsaber
duel with Darth Vader.

Leah and Chewie escape with the help of Lando
Calrissian and attempt to rescue Han before Boba Fett leaves the city. They
are too late. The three escape the cloud city on the Millennium Falcon.

At the same time, Luke is finding himself severely
outmatched to Vader. Vader cuts off Luke's hand and asks him to join the dark
side of the force. Luke resists. Vader then reveals to Luke that he is Luke's
father. In a futile attempt to escape, Luke jumps off a high platform on which
the two were fighting and gets pulled into a ventilation system where he is
thrown out of the cloud city complex. Luke finds himself hanging off the bottom
of the midair structure. Close to death, he calms his mind and calls for Leah
through the force. Somehow, Leah hears his call and turns the Millennium Falcon
around to rescue Luke. They once again escape.

Luke gets a prosthetic hand put on, and they
plan Han's rescue.

Episode 6: Return of the Jedi - summary by Damian Scro
All right, I'm going to give this a shot. It's kind of late, but we'll see how
it goes.
In the final installment of Star Wars we see Luke as a Jedi. He may not be very
impressive, but he is strong. In the beginning, we find out that Han Solo, still
frozen in carbonate, has become a sort of decoration in Jabba the Hutt's palace.
Jabba is a very powerful gangster who resides on Tattooine. It was he who commissioned
Boba Fett for Han's capture. Han had been a smuggler for Jabba once, but now
his loyalties lay elsewhere. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the first to arrive at Jabba's
palace. They deliver Luke's message, in which he tries to bargain for Solo's
life. Jabba does not even consider this and he puts the two droids to work.
Shortly after, another bounty hunter arrives at the palace. This one appears
to have Chewbacca, which he turns over to Jabba for the bounty. Later that night,
the bounty hunter sneaks into the throne room and releases Han Solo from the
carbonate chamber. We see that this bounty hunter is actually Leia and her love
for Han is great. However, they are unable to escape from the mighty Jabba.
Han is imprisoned with Chewie and Leia is chained up as Jabba's new slave. Meanwhile,
we see that Lando is in Jabba's palace, he seems to be keeping a low profile
until the time is right. Luke arrives at Jabba's palace. With the force at his
side, he makes his way to Jabba and almost kills him before falling prey to
the secret trap door to the Rancor pit. Luke manages to kill the large beast
but this only makes Jabba angrier. He sentences them all to death at the pit
of Carcoon. The pit is home to the mighty sarlacc, which will digest a person
slowly over a thousand years. Jabba and his entire entourage travel to the pit.
Before being thrown in, Luke gives Jabba one last chance. "Free us, or
die". Jabba laughs at this remark and bellows "Put him in!" Luke
gives a signal to R2, who is serving drinks on Jabba's barge. Luke jumps and
flips himself back on the smaller ship as R2 launches his lightsaber into the
air. Luke lands on the deck just in time for him to reach up and catch his weapon
which he immediately ignites. A large battle ensues in which Luke kicks everyone's
butt. Han and Chewie struggle to save Lando from falling into the pit. Leia
strangles Jabba to death with the chains he used to lock her up. R2 frees Leia
and saves 3PO from the pesty Salacious Crumb. They all race away as Jabba's
sail barge explodes in a brilliant display. In the meantime, the emperor is
personally overseeing the completion of the new Death Star. The emperor knows
that the rebellion will strike soon and that Luke Skywalker will return to face
Darth Vader again. Luke returns to Dagobah to complete his training with Yoda.
Yoda cannot train him anymore, but gives Luke some advice. He also informs Luke
of another Skywalker, which Luke later learns, is Leia. She is his twin sister.
Yoda tells Luke that he must confront Vader and shortly afterwards, Yoda dies.
Luke returns to the Rebel base and joins Han, Leia, Chewie, and the Droids on
a mission to disable the shield that is protecting the new Death Star. They
travel to the forest moon of Endor where the generator is located. While there
they encounter the Ewoks who they eventually befriend. At this point, Luke decides
to split from the group and allows himself to be captured so he can face Vader
again. Luke pleads with Vader to search for the good side of himself. Luke can
feel the inner conflict which is beginning to arise in Vader. Vader won't consider
it and takes Luke to the Emperor. The Emperor tries to bring out the dark side
in Luke by making him fight Vader. At the same time, a large Rebel fleet is
approaching the new Death Star, which is thought to be incomplete and unoperational.
The plan is for them to attack right after the team on the forest moon of Endor
deactivates the shield. Things go wrong here. Han and Leia's squad is captured
and it doesn't look good. This delays the Rebel fleet, the Empire ambushes them
and a large fight begins. The Death Star also begins to fire upon the fleet
even though it was thought to be unfinished. Unexpectantly, the Ewoks launch
a major attack on the Empire's forces on the forest moon and another battle
ensues. At this point, Luke is forced to fight Vader. The Emperor is trying
to bring out Luke's anger by having him kill Vader and therefore take his place
as the Emperor's apprentice. Han and the rebels on the forest moon finally get
the upper hand thanks to the Ewoks. They are then able to deactivate the shielding
on the Death Star. The fighters in the rebel fleet then proceed to attack the
Death Star by flying through and hitting it at a crucial point. Luke is fighting
Vader in the Death Star and comes very close to giving in to the dark side of
the force. He defeats Vader, but will not destroy him as the Emperor wishes.
The Emperor tells Luke that since he will not turn to the dark side, he will
die. He attacks Luke, electrocuting him and draining the life out of him through
the dark side of the force. As the Emperor mercilessly tortures Luke, we see
Vader as he witnesses the awful sight. Though his face remains covered by his
mask, we can see the conflict of emotions that comes to a boil as Vader watches
his own son being killed. That is when it happens, the ancient prophecy is revealed
as Darth Vader proceeds to grab the Emperor and kill him by throwing him down
a large hole within the Death Star. This is the final turning point as Anakin
Skywalker returns balance to the force. He redeems himself and returns to the
light side of the force by saving his son's life. At this point Vader himself
is dying. Meanwhile, Lando Calrissian and co-pilot Nien Numb blast the crucial
point of the Death Star while flying through the huge space station. It is only
a matter of time before it explodes. Luke attempts to save Vader but he is to
far gone. Vader requests that Luke help him remove his mask so he can see his
son with his own eyes. Luke knows that he will die, but honors his request.
Anakin tells his Luke that he was right, and to tell his sister too. Luke manages
to move Anakin's body to a shuttle and escapes the Death Star just in time.
Thanks to the Millennium Falcon, Lando and Nien barely make it out of the station
before it explodes in a magnificent display. Han, Leia, and the other Rebels
watch from the forest moon. Shortly afterwards, a Galaxy wide celebration begins
to celebrate the end of the Emperor's reign.